2017’s Most & Least Energy-Expensive States

July 17, 2017

By: Timothy Fitzgerald

WalletHub - Two factors are important here.

Timothy Fitzgerald is an Associate Professor of Business Economics at Texas Tech University.

One is that heating and cooling demands vary depending on climate and weather. It
costs more to heat in Fairbanks, Alaska than San Diego, California -- and more to
cool in Houston, Texas than Denver, Colorado. There are other reasons why energy demand
varies across the country -- as an example, rural residents tend to drive more than
urban residents, and will therefore tend to spend more money on gasoline.